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UN United Nations : Director-General's opening remarks at the World Health Assembly - 24 May 2021 05/24/2021 | 08:57am EDT Send by mail : Message : Your Excellency Alain Berset, Federal Counsellor of Switzerland, Excellencies, distinguished colleagues and friends, Lucy Nyambura is a health promotion officer in Mombasa City, Kenya. When COVID-19 arrived last year, a strict lockdown was introduced, but it was met with strong resistance by the local community, who refused to be tested, isolated or treated. As she made her daily rounds, providing informati...

The resolution comes weeks after US President Joe Biden announced that his government would support the proposal at the WTO.

The United States neither can nor should abdicate a strong leadership role in global health. The question is how it leads.

EU parliament extends support to India-South Africa COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver EU Parliament extends support to India-South Africa for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver that will help in the large-scale production of the vaccine. EU parliament extends support to India-South Africa Share Updated: May 22, 2021, 10:19 AM IST In a move that will be widely welcomed, the European Parliament has decided to extend support to India-South Africa joint proposal for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver that will help in the large-scale production of the vaccines. Para 14 of the r...

by Hanna Ziady, CNN Business — May 21, 2021 . Covid-19 vaccines have created at least nine new billionaires after shares in companies producing the shots soared. Topping the list of new billionaires are Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Ugur Sahin, the CEO of BioNTech, which has produced a vaccine with Pfizer. Both CEOs are now worth around $4 billion, according to an analysis by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, a campaign group that includes Oxfam, UNAIDS, Global Justice Now and Amnesty International. Senior executives from China’s CanSino Biologics and early investors in Moderna have als...